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Effect of CPAP Compliance on a Cognitive Screening Test in a Memory Clinic Population with Sleep Apnea
(2017-12)Objectives: To determine whether the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) was a sensitive indicator of cognitive improvement following introduction of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in community memory clinic ... -
Indications of suppression of excited? States in Pb-Pb collisions at sNN2.76 TeV
(2011-07-28)A comparison of the relative yields of resonances in the þ decay channel in Pb-Pb and pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy per nucleon pair of 2.76 TeV is performed with data collected with the CMS detector at ... -
Observation of direct-photon collective flow in Au+Au collisions at √S<inf>NN</inf> = 200 GeV
(2012-09-12)The second Fourier component v2 of the azimuthal anisotropy with respect to the reaction plane is measured for direct photons at midrapidity and transverse momentum (pT) of 1–12 GeV=c in Au þ Au collisions at ... -
Search for supersymmetry at the LHC in events with jets and missing transverse energy
(2011-11-21)A search for events with jets and missing transverse energy is performed in a data sample of pp collisions collected at ffiffi s p ¼ 7 TeV by the CMS experiment at the LHC. The analyzed data sample corresponds to an ... -
Search for the standard model Higgs boson in the decay channel H→ZZ→4l in pp collisions at √s=7TeV
(2012-03-13)A search for a Higgs boson in the four-lepton decay channel H ! ZZ, with each Z boson decaying to an electron or muon pair, is reported. The search covers Higgs boson mass hypotheses in the range of 110 < mH < 600 GeV. ... -
Observation of a new Ξ <inf>b</inf> baryon
(2012-06-21)The observation of a new b baryon via its strong decay into b þ (plus charge conjugates) is reported. The measurement uses a data sample of pp collisions at ffiffi s p ¼ 7 TeV collected by the CMS experiment at the ... -
Azimuthal anisotropy of charged particles at high transverse momenta in Pb-Pb collisions at √s <inf>NN</inf>=2.76TeV
(2012-07-10)The azimuthal anisotropy of charged particles in Pb-Pb collisions at ffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi sNN p ¼ 2:76 TeV is measured with the CMS detector at the LHC over an extended transverse momentum (pT) range up to approximately 60 ... -
Cold nuclear matter effects on J/ψ yields as a function of rapidity and nuclear geometry in d+A collisions at √s<inf>NN</inf>=200GeV
(2011-09-27)We present measurements of J=c yields in d þ Au collisions at ffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi sNN p ¼ 200 GeV recorded by the PHENIX experiment and compare them with yields in p þ p collisions at the same energy per ... -
Search for Bs0→μ<sup>+</sup>μ<sup>-</sup> and B0→μ<sup>+</sup>μ<sup>-</sup> decays in pp collisions at √s=7TeV
(2011-11-01)A search for the rare decays B0 s ! þ and B0 ! þ is performed in pp collisions at ffiffi s p ¼ 7 TeV, with a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1:14 fb 1, collected by the CMS experiment ... -
Measurements of higher order flow harmonics in Au+Au collisions at √s<inf>NN</inf>=200GeV
(2011-12-14)Flow coefficients vn for n ¼ 2, 3, 4, characterizing the anisotropic collective flow in Au þ Au collisions at ffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi sNN p ¼ 200 GeV, are measured relative to event planes n, determined at large rapidity. ... -
Suppression pattern of neutral pions at high transverse momentum in Au+Au collisions at sNN=200GeV and constraints on medium transport coefficients
(2008-12-03)For Au þ Au collisions at 200 GeV, we measure neutral pion production with good statistics for transverse momentum, pT, up to 20 GeV=c. A fivefold suppression is found, which is essentially constant for 5 < pT < 20 GeV=c. ... -
Gluon-Spin contribution to the proton spin from the double-helicity asymmetry in inclusive π0 production in polarized p+p collisions at s=200GeV
(2009-07-01)The double helicity asymmetry in neutral pion production for pT ¼ 1 to 12 GeV=c was measured with the PHENIX experiment to access the gluon-spin contribution, G, to the proton spin. Measured asymmetries are consistent ... -
Superhyperfine interactions in the electron-spin-resonance spectrum of substitutional gd3+ impurity in caf2 single crystals under applied stress
(1967-07-03)In this communication we report a superhyperfine structure in the esr spectrum of 0.001 at. ~0 Gd' in a single crystal of CaF, under applied stress. The stress was applied at the polished (111)face of the CaF, crystal ... -
Search for dark matter and large extra dimensions in pp collisions yielding a photon and missing transverse energy
(2012-06-27)Results are presented from a search for new physics in the final state containing a photon ( ) and missing transverse energy (E6T). The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 5:0 fb 1 collected in pp collisions ... -
Measurement of the isolated prompt photons production cross section in pp collisions at √s=7TeV
(2011-02-23)The differential cross section for the inclusive production of isolated prompt photons has been measured as a function of the photon transverse energy E T in pp collisions at ffiffi s p ¼ 7 TeV using data recorded by ... -
Formation of streamer discharges from an isolated ionization column at subbreakdown conditions
(2012-07-10)This Letter reports a modeling study on the formation of streamer discharges from an isolated ionization column under subbreakdown condition. Numerical simulations show that positive streamers are able to form from the ... -
Search for new physics with same-sign isolated dilepton events with jets and missing transverse energy
(2012-08-16)A search for new physics is performed in events with two same-sign isolated leptons, hadronic jets, and missing transverse energy in the final state. The analysis is based on a data sample corresponding to an integrated ... -
Search for pair production of first-generation scalar leptoquarks in pp collisions at √s=7TeV
(2011-05-17)A search for pair production of first-generation scalar leptoquarks is performed in the final state containing two electrons and two jets using proton-proton collision data at ffiffi s p ¼ 7 TeV. The data sample used ... -
Search for neutral minimal supersymmetric standard model higgs bosons decaying to tau pairs in pp collisions at √s=7TeV
(2011-06-08)A search for neutral minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM) Higgs bosons in pp collisions at the LHC at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV is presented. The results are based on a data sample corresponding to an ... -
Search for a W' or Techni-ρ decaying into WZ in pp collisions at √s=7TeV
(2012-10-02)A search is performed in pp collisions at ffiffi s p ¼ 7 TeV for exotic particles decaying via WZ to final states with electrons and muons. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of approximately 5 fb ...